Selected Prose and Dramatic WorkJohn Lyly was the principal court dramatist of the 1580s and author of the period's best-selling prose work, Euphues. Three texts are included in this edition for both specialist and non-specialist readers: an extract from Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit; and the plays, Campaspe and Gallathea. |
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... paint Jupiter like a bull , like a swan , like an eagle , then must Psyllus with one hand grind colours , and with the other hold the candle . But let 5 him alone ; the better he shadows her face , the more will he burn his own heart ...
... paint Jupiter like a bull , like a swan , like an eagle , then must Psyllus with one hand grind colours , and with the other hold the candle . But let 5 him alone ; the better he shadows her face , the more will he burn his own heart ...
Page 101
... paint flowers as well with sweet smells as fresh colours , observing in your mixture such things as should draw near to their savours . Apelles . Your Majesty must know it is no less hard to paint savours than virtues ; colours can ...
... paint flowers as well with sweet smells as fresh colours , observing in your mixture such things as should draw near to their savours . Apelles . Your Majesty must know it is no less hard to paint savours than virtues ; colours can ...
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... polished steel ) by deflecting its gaze back on itself . 48-9 Blush ... thee ] A reference to the picture of Venus he had been painting prior to the commission to paint Campaspe . be recured by cullises , not conceits , so the 105.
... polished steel ) by deflecting its gaze back on itself . 48-9 Blush ... thee ] A reference to the picture of Venus he had been painting prior to the commission to paint Campaspe . be recured by cullises , not conceits , so the 105.
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ACTUS QUARTUS SCAENA affection Alchemist Alexander Anaxarchus Apelles Aristotle beasts beauty Blackfriars theatre body Campaspe canst cause chastity Clitus colour cometh command conceits court cunning Cupid daughter deceive delight desire Diana didst Diogenes dissemble dost thou doth Enter Eubulus Euphues euphuistic Eurota Exeunt Exit eyes face fair faithful fancy farewell father fear Ferardo fire folly fortune Gallathea gods gold Granichus hath heart Hebe Hephestion honour John Lyly Jupiter king ladies Larissa live lover Lucilla Lyly's maiden maketh Manes master mean Melebeus mind Naples nature Neptune never nymphs paint Parmenio perceive Peter Philautus Phillida philosopher Plato play Psyllus Quarto Rafe Ramia Robin SCAENA SECUNDA shadow shame sweet Sylvius Telusa thee thine thing thou art thou hast thou shalt thou wouldst thought thyself Timoclea Tyterus unto Venus virgin virtue wanton women words yield youth